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The disease or Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative disease that affects the brain, primarily affects the functioning of memory causing the person with lose the notions of space and time.

Reaches old age above 65 years and according to polls the more advanced age, the greater the risk and its rate increases in the population over 85 years, causing brain atrophy and increased risk of throat infections. It is a degenerative disease that primarily affects the body’s neurons and is not contagious or infectious.

According to these same surveys, Alzheimer’s affects more women than men, which can be attributed to the fact that they live longer than them. The most frequent symptom, which manifests itself more sharply, is the constant memory leak that causes one to forget completely the facts, often lose track of where you are totally losing their autonomy of movement, which makes it dangerous to leave alone.

Due to constant memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease is popularly known as dementia and confused with senility. At the first signs different in the elderly, such as mood swings, lack of interest in routine habits such as bathing, taking care of their appearance, memory lapses, it is important that the family seek medical help for proper evaluation so that it maintains a good quality of life even with some limitations. Read the rest of this entry »

Alzheimer’s affects a higher percentage of women because of their longer life expectancy. At present, there is no definitive treatment to cure this disease, but there are some steps that can delay the onset of symptoms.

How to prevent Alzheimer’s?

1. Food. Eating a balanced diet low in fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids often eat, such as oily fish, corn, soybeans, sunflower oil or nuts, improve brain function. Foods rich in vitamins E and B (meat, yeast, legumes and green leafy vegetables) are also important for preventing cognitive impairment, memory problems and loss of mental capacity.

2. Physical activity. Daily physical exercise is favorable to both the body and mind. Read the rest of this entry »

Thus, the importance of the brain permanently active and well out of its usual functioning, i.e., activate the parts that are dormant and stimulate the other side of the brain that is not used. So Lets get some Brain Gymnastics.

Some exercises to make them part of everyday life:

• Bathe his eyes closed, at least once a week: only touch, find the soap, shampoo, adjust water temperature, etc. This is to recognize new textures and potentiate the senses.
• Use the hand that is less skilled: the left for right handed, or right for left-handers, for writing, eating, brushing teeth, combing hair, opening a drawer, handle the computer mouse, opening and closing the tap , etc.
• Exercising the fingers: the thumb together with the fingers and repeat several times. This helps the two cerebral hemispheres are connected. Read the rest of this entry »

The Brain Dynamics Andalusian company develops a draft IDI, co-funded by the Technological Corporation of Andalusia (CTA) and the Agency for Innovation and Development of Andalusia (IDEA), to achieve a method of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s based on an artificial intelligence system in creating a map of the brain. In this sense, CTA said that the company developed a brain mapping Malaga average healthy population and a population with Alzheimer’s and a system based on artificial intelligence to interpret it. Read the rest of this entry »

Grape seed might help combat degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s disease because they are rich in compounds that prevent this degenerative condition characteristic of old age. Experts from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, found that mice fed with grape seed extract for six months, had better cognitive function compared with those who had a normal diet. Read the rest of this entry »

People with some kind of neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer’s, are “more likely” than others to malnutrition, since this type of disease involves the “progressive loss” of cognitive functions, leading to a decline in the performance daily activities, among which is adequate food. This has been one of the topics discussed by Dr. Francisca Pereyra in the course on specific nutritional support is developed in the Hospital Our Lady of Candelaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands the government said in a press release. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Communicate With an Alzheimer’s Patient?

As you know, as the disease progresses, the vocabulary of the sick person is reduced gradually, reaching a time will not be able to name the objects that surround him and even to express their feelings or desires or call our behalf, and to understand what we say. Communicating with person who have neuro problem can be frustrating, but we should never think that reducing our dialogue, questions and phrases are going to help, but quite the opposite. We must always look for strategies that allow us to continue communicating with him, even in the final stage of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »